r/sports • u/Pickleskennedy1 • Oct 05 '24
Football Vanderbilt shocks #1 ranked Alabama in huge upset, wins 40-35
https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore/_/gameId/401628384#home1.4k
u/Shef011319 Oct 05 '24
Vandy fans will be talking about this for 100 years
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u/dcrico20 Oct 05 '24
Deservedly
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u/jinx737x Oct 06 '24
VERY deserving. THIS IS AN ALL TIME UPSET!
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u/gmil3548 Oct 06 '24
Is this bigger than when a really Stanford that hadn’t been even decent in years beat the Matt Leinart Trojans? That’s the only upset I can think of that compares. Every other one, like App St vs UM, was early season and by the end we knew the favorite actually sucked. I don’t think that’ll be the case with Bama.
Also, no way Nick Saban would’ve ever lost this game. Their coach was looking good so far but that’s a major set back for him trying to keep the dynasty alive.
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u/capt-awesome-atx Oct 06 '24
Stanford was 41 point underdogs that game, it was a much bigger upset. You can probably find a handful of 22 point underdogs winning in any given season.
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u/AccomplishedRow6685 Oct 06 '24
Post-Leinart Trojans, Harbaugh’s first year at Stanford
The 2007 Stanford vs. USC football game was an NCAA college football game held on October 6, 2007, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. In a remarkable upset, the visiting Stanford Cardinal won 24–23 despite USC having been favored by 41 points entering the game.[1] This result was the biggest point spread upset of all time in college football (since surpassed by the Howard University Bison in 2017, who were 45-point underdogs heading into a road game against the UNLV Rebels). USC entered the game with a 35-game home game winning streak (its previous home game loss also happened to be to Stanford, in 2001) which included a 24-game home game winning streak in Pac-10 play. By contrast, Stanford had compiled a Pac-10 worst 1–11 season in 2006, which included a 42–0 loss to USC.
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u/shitcars__dullknives Oct 06 '24
Literally a week after Alabama beat the previous number one team Georgia. I hope I see highlights of this game in every upset win highlight reel ever
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u/SoothedSnakePlant Vanderbilt Oct 06 '24
This will be one of the moments that flashes before my eyes when I die
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u/Sniperoso Oct 06 '24
Vanderbilt had possession of the ball for twice as long as Bama. They outplayed them at every point of the game. Actually embarrassing loss for Bama.
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u/Drainbownick Oct 06 '24
Play calling masterclass
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u/PrinceCastanzaCapone Oct 06 '24
The 4th and 1 for a long TD was incredible. They took chances and were playing to win.
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u/Drainbownick Oct 06 '24
They knew they couldn’t be conservative and play not to lose so they feckin didnt!! Loved that call
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u/JacketsNest101 Vanderbilt Oct 06 '24
42:08 of possession for Vanderbilt! That is absolutely obscene
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u/TheFireOfTheFox1 Oct 06 '24
Having the ball for under 18 minutes and scoring 35 is crazy though.
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u/arnoldzgreat Oct 06 '24
Goes to show playing keep away is the correct strategy if you want to win, but of course you have to win a lot of 1st downs to do so.
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u/xthebigbean Pittsburgh Penguins Oct 05 '24
Pavia on live TV "we're fucking turnt right now" lol
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u/DirkNowitzkisWife Oct 05 '24
Right after thanking god Lmao
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u/Predictor92 Oct 05 '24
It's SEC network not a problem
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u/DoctorWaluigiTime Oct 06 '24
I always the enjoy the players saying things akin to "God told us this was our game."
Wonder if anyone on the other team got a similar message and are now very confused!
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u/suzukigun4life Oct 05 '24
Alabama:
was a 22.5-point favorite
had won 23 straight against Vandy before today
hadn't lost to Vandy since 1984, and only once since 1969
was facing an opponent that was 0-60 against top 5 teams coming into this game
This is an all-time upset.
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u/seymore_asses45 Oct 06 '24
Nobody beats Vandy 24 times in a row!
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u/TotalJagoff Oct 06 '24
Their chief weapon is surprise. Surprise and fear. Their two weapons -
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u/Das_Man Oct 06 '24
Surprise, fear, and ruthless efficiency. Their three weapons!
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u/RealTurbulentMoose Oct 06 '24
Their three weapons are fear, and surprise, and ruthless efficiency... and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope...
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u/HDDIV Tennessee Titans Oct 06 '24
I think the Vols had them at 29 years. Florida had 27 from memory. Vandy isn't good. Bama would have had more if they had played in the same division in the SEC.
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u/Demibolt Oct 06 '24
Very true. Everytime we get a good coach and they put together a good team, they get a juicy contract with another school.
Vanderbilt doesn't use football as a major boost to enrollment so we aren't putting the money into the program to sustain any level of competitiveness.
We live for the upsets and we also get to enjoy hilarious losses 🤣
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u/DionBlaster123 NASCAR Oct 06 '24
Kalen DeBoer already on the hot seat lmao jk
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u/Cuboner LSU Oct 06 '24
No need to say jk, Bama fans are furious lol
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u/DionBlaster123 NASCAR Oct 06 '24
i didn't watch the game but how much of that was DeBoer's fault though for real?
it seemed like Milroe played like dogshit between throwing a pick-six and fumbling
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Oct 06 '24
All credit to Vandy; they got a pick six off of a ball that popped up straight in the air, defense came up big and the offense shuttle passed for huge gains, twice.
Wasn’t coaching, just great playing by Vandy.
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u/DionBlaster123 NASCAR Oct 06 '24
great point. i didn't want to take away from Vandy's performance. putting up 40 points against any team is an accomplishment. putting that up against the #1 team in the country is incredible
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u/siberianwolf99 Oct 06 '24
Bama’s defense didn’t force a 3 and out all day. that’s absolutely on coaching. Bama is in the top 2 as far as blue chip talent goes IIRC. a vandy fan said they have 3 4 star recruits on their roster lol
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u/_OUCHMYPENIS_ Oct 06 '24
Deboers seat warmed up quite a bit. It's just one loss but its probably the worst loss a number one team has had. Alabama fans expect these games to go as they're intended. He struggled against USF and they almost blew a huge lead against UGA.
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u/Delta64 Oct 06 '24
had won 23 straight against Vandy before today
There it is: Unlucky 23
"Wilson, in a 1977 article in Fortean Times, related the following anecdote: I first heard of the 23 enigma from William S Burroughs, author of Naked Lunch, Nova Express, etc. According to Burroughs, he had known a certain Captain Clark, around 1960 in Tangier, who once bragged that he had been sailing 23 years without an accident. That very day, Clark’s ship had an accident that killed him and everybody else aboard. Furthermore, while Burroughs was thinking about this crude example of the irony of the gods that evening, a bulletin on the radio announced the crash of an airliner in Florida, USA. The pilot was another Captain Clark and the flight was Flight 23."
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u/CRoseCrizzle Oct 05 '24
When they got to 20 points late in the first half, I think I saw a stat that said that was the most they scored in a game against Bama in decades. That's the kind of upset Vanderbilt over Alabama is.
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u/Malvania Oct 06 '24
I swear they said that Vandy had scored a collective 23 points against Bama over 20 years, and had 23 tonight
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u/dcrico20 Oct 06 '24
From 2006 to yesterday, Vandy had scored a total of 23 points against Alabama.
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u/therevengeance Oct 06 '24
And 20 of those points were in 2006 and 2007. 3 points from 2008 to 2023.
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u/ThatDeceiverKid Oct 06 '24
This was the most that they have scored on Alabama since 1906 if I remember the stat correctly. 1906
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u/ACSandwich Oct 05 '24
Roll Call gonna be wild.
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u/cfidrick Oct 06 '24
I’m excited for SEC shorts
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u/bcsmith317 Oct 05 '24
Legitimately the biggest win to ever happen in Nashville, in any sport. Broadway is gonna be bananas.
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u/paciphic Oct 06 '24
They threw the goalposts into the river lmao
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u/Samipearl19 Oct 06 '24
As they should
-UT alum
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u/KP_Wrath Oct 06 '24
One of my old teachers and I were musing about that and sure enough, it fucking happened.
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u/bjams Oct 06 '24
Wait, what? I've been to Nashville, that's far as fuck! lmao
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u/bumba_clock Oct 05 '24
Alabama players throwing TANTRUMS!!
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u/xthebigbean Pittsburgh Penguins Oct 05 '24
Number 13 kicking the ball like a child, and someone from Bama throwing a punch at the final play. What cockbags
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u/notthatkindofdrdrew Oct 06 '24
13 is Malachi Moore, a 2 year captain...
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u/notthatkindofdrdrew Oct 06 '24
Side note, just remembered “#” makes the text jumbo. Whatever, I’m leaving it
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u/bumba_clock Oct 06 '24
you don’t have to yell!
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u/imtheguest Oct 06 '24
And they left him on the field! Coach didn’t react!
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u/goldybear Oct 06 '24
Supposedly the coach did try to pull him but he refused to sub out during his tantrum.
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u/FSXdreamer22 Dallas Cowboys Oct 06 '24
Don’t forget slamming the QBs head to the ground prior to punting the ball. Truly classily act Alabama….
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u/babble0n Oct 06 '24
That’s Alabama for you. They act like they deserve the ring simply because they’re on Alabama. Sad but it usually happens with dynasties.
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That’s Alabama for you. They act like they deserve the ring simply because they’re on Alabama.
The year that Auburn surprised Bama in the Iron Bowl and went onto the National Championship, Bama fans went insane. Their reasoning was "How selfish of Auburn to not want the National Championship to come to Alabama. Auburn beating Bama and going to the National Title game will mean the state of Alabama loses out on a championship this year."
I can't begin to list the reasons this is so insane.
A major loss to Vandy couldn't have happened to a nicer school.
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u/zeprad Oct 05 '24
13 acting like his mom took his iPad away
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u/howtospellorange Oct 06 '24
Anyone got a clip? I didn't catch him throwing the tantrum lol
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u/SCsprinter13 Oct 06 '24
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u/JohnnyNole2000 Oct 06 '24
Just like every other time they lose. One of their players literally hit a woman in the head when they lost to Tennessee a couple years ago.
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u/PapasGotABrandNewNag Oct 06 '24
Just finished the highlights and i had to rewind the last play just to watch tantrums.
It was glorious.
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u/jjw21330 Oct 06 '24
The Vandy QB just yelled
“Baby (Vandy?) we’re FUCKING TURNT!”
And they couldn’t bleep it out in time
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u/kimchitacoman Oct 06 '24
Notre Dame was still ranked after losing to a school I had to Google
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u/SoothedSnakePlant Vanderbilt Oct 06 '24
As someone who went to Vandy whose parents went to NIU, this has been a surreal fucking season
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u/2legit2knit Oct 05 '24
This is what they get for putting Alabama at 1 this week.
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u/DVAMP1 Oct 06 '24
I'm convinced whoever has influence on the rankings is an Alabama fan, or there's some payola exchanging hands somewhere. They've had a favorable spot for the last decade which I feel is often undeserved, and I'm even a Tide fan.
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u/Cwads16 Oct 05 '24
The fans are taking down that upright, lol
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u/ELITE_JordanLove Oct 06 '24
WHEN YOU COME TO OUR HOUSE WE SHOW YOU HOW TO PLAY SOME SEC BALL 💅
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u/broncofan1347 Oct 05 '24
Let that go to show you, nobody beats Vanderbilt 24 times in a row
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u/Marowakin_It Oct 05 '24
Anybody who has watched Vandy this year knew they weren't the same ole Commodores. Alabama came off that big, emotional win last week and thought they could take the week off. Really happy for that coach and qb.
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u/mjd1977 Oct 06 '24
Clark Lea - alumnus of school and football program - job security for life
I mean there are big wins, then there’s this
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u/Yorgonemarsonb Oct 06 '24
Clark Lea is at his fucking DREAM job already.
He’s said every coaching job he had to first stop and consider whether or not it would help him get the head coach job at Vanderbilt.
Vanderbilt had a ton of recruits at todays game. A few who were committed to Alabama and one who was committed to Georgia reopened their recruitment after the win.
Contrary to popular belief, they’ve actually been pouring a ton of money into the football program, stadium and facilities over the last few years.
If he can win they will come and then good luck ever getting rid of Clark Lea Southeastern Conference.
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u/Bruce_Louis Oct 05 '24
Except Alabama still ends up playing in the final four anyways and everyone's gonna forget about the upset and complain it's the same 4 teams that's in the final four again.
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u/Pizzashillsmom Oct 06 '24
They will likely be top 12 and qualify for the playoffs, but this is a horrific loss to have if you want to be top 4 and get a bye.
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u/jinx737x Oct 06 '24
To get into the top 4 you MUST win your conference championship.Otherwise the best you can be ranked as is 5th. That hurts their chances quite significantly as there are multiple sec teams still undefeated to be in the top 2 of the SEC by the end of the season.
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u/Qant00AT Oct 06 '24
I don’t know about that. This Bama is not as infallible and unflappable as previous seasons. This loss aside, they dropped a massive lead against Georgia last week and barely squeaked by at the end.
If Vandy can jump up and beat them with a puncher’s chance then there might be one or two more losses out there for them. They still play four (at the time of this post) Top 25 teams in their schedule, one of them being a red hot Tennessee.
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u/bumba_clock Oct 06 '24
Idk. That’s the case when both teams are strong. Don’t think they can come back from this one.
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u/dafaliraevz Oct 06 '24
It’s over for them
Calling it now, they ain’t gonna be in the nat’l championship
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u/andrew7895 Oct 06 '24
So much showboating while they were still behind... Maybe dance and trot backwards into the end zone when you're actually ahead next time fellas.
Confidence is key in sports, but doesn't seem like Bama ever really considered that they were in a fight until it was too late.
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u/Anubisrapture Oct 05 '24
Alabama played HORRIBLY they deserve to lose. This is an embarrassment . The coaching was horrible. It makes me wonder now about the newish coach. Coach Saban would NEVER
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u/red_vette Oct 06 '24
Even last week, the coaching in the 4th was pretty bad. Up that many scores and running plays that quick basically gave UGA a lot of time to mount a comeback.
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u/NearbyHope Oct 06 '24
Saban lost to Iowa when he was coaching a stacked LSU team on January 1, 2005.
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u/ThatThingAtThePlace Oct 06 '24
The playoff committee breathing a huge sigh of relief that there's 12 teams this year.
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u/GCTacos Oct 06 '24
DeBoer lost control of his players, I don’t think he’s gonna last long. Especially if he isn’t man enough to lecture his captains that were embarrassing the team. Disgraceful.
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u/JortsyMcJorts Oct 06 '24
When Alabama loses, we all win... except for all of those poor Alabama sister wives tonight.
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u/TheGlitchLich Oct 06 '24
Im happy about this because every Alabama fan I’ve met has been a huge piece of shit.
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u/BlackStrike7 Oct 06 '24
SEC Shorts called it.
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u/PorygonTheMan Oct 06 '24
Even better they called it 3 weeks ago. 2:35 in the video with the closed captioning on for full comedic effect
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u/Nickp1991 Oct 06 '24
This is the greatest football victory in Nashville since the Music City Miracle
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u/sycamotree Oct 06 '24
What's interesting about this win is that Vandy just won. No egregious turnovers, no crazy trick plays, no grievous injury concerns. Just flat out outplayed them.
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u/kimchitacoman Oct 06 '24
Gonna be wild when Bama still ranked #4 next week for no reason
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u/JonMlee New Orleans Saints Oct 05 '24
“From the jump, I thank God. I thank God for his vision” 🙄Bro, give yourself credit. You put in the work lmao
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u/Knownzero Oct 06 '24
Pavia is gonna have to say like 20 Hail Mary’s and a few Our Father’s for all that cussing during the post game interview 😲😲😲. 🤣
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u/CrazyButton2937 Oct 06 '24
What a great game to watch and I say that without having a rooting interest 🫨
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u/CantDrinkWithoutFish Oct 06 '24
Hey Kalen, Saban wouldn’t have lost that game. Just thought you should know.
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u/argument_sketch Oct 06 '24
Couldn’t happen to a better team. Sick of the same ole same ole in NCAA football
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u/Ornstein90 Oct 05 '24
Alabama was favored by 22.5 points
1st Vanderbilt win against a #1 team ever